Daughter-in-law of Naomi of Jerusalem, she returned to Judah with her mother-in-law after the death of her husband. There she married Boaz, after calling him to account for trying to avoid his duty under levirate marriage laws. She was the grandmother of Jesse, and great-grandmother to King David. Matthew's gospel names her in the genealogy of Jesus.

The Book of Ruth, read on Shavuot, tells the story of Ruthâ€(tm)s devotion to her mother-in-law, Naomi, and their return to Israel. Ruthâ€(tm)s story is read as the first story of conversion. Ruth is the grandmother of King David.

the great-grandmother of king David whose story is told in the Book of Ruth in the Old Testament

a book of the Old Testament that tells the story of Ruth who was not an Israelite but who married an Israelite and who stayed with her mother-in-law Naomi after her husband died

the name of an Old Testament book which tells the story of Ruth, a Moabite woman who married an Israelite. After the death of her husband, Ruth devoted herself to her mother-in-law and became a follower of Israel's God.